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What are the number of protons in americium?

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Americium has 95 protons.

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What is the number of protons in the element Americium?
The number of protons in an element is given by its atomic number. Since americium's atomic number is 95, it has 95 protons.
Equal number to the number of protons?
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What is equal in number to the number of protons?
The number of Electrons.
What is the number that equals to the number of protons?
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Equal in number to the number of proton?
In the case of a neutral atom, the number of electrons will be equal to the number of protons.